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Prague: Four people were killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech Republic late Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing rescuers. The accident occurred in the northeastern…

Washington: An appeals court in Georgia halted criminal trial proceedings in former US President Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case while it reviews appeals. Trump and 18 others were indicted in August over alleged efforts to…

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said in a statement that it destroyed a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The statement issued on Wednesday added that the 2-km-long tunnel "was used by terrorists for force build-up…

Manila: Two people died, one was critically injured, and three others were missing after a fishing vessel caught fire off the waters of Cebu province in the central Philippines Wednesday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Coast…

Brussels: Last month was the warmest May on record globally, marking the 12th consecutive month of record-high global average temperatures, the European Union's (EU) climate monitoring network has said. Data from the EU's Copernicus…

Seoul: The US on Wednesday deployed one B-1B bomber for joint bombing drills in South Korea for the first time in seven years amid heightened tensions over North Korea's trash balloon campaign and GPS jamming attacks. The US heavy…

LONDON; UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi, congratulating him on his election victory and wishing him success for a third term in office. "Today I spoke to Narendra Modi to congratulate him…

Kabul: Eleven historical sites are being repaired and reconstructed in Afghanistan's southern and eastern regions, an official with the country's Ministry of Information and Culture said. "Two projects are in the southern Kandahar…

Kabul: More than 300 Afghan refugee families have returned home from Pakistan and Iran over the past couple of days, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Tuesday. A total of 303 families who used to stay as refugees for years…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers, on Tuesday, authorised the investigation of the cause of the recent floods, which left 17 dead and thousands displaced as heavy rains and strong winds lashed out across many parts of the country.…

Ramallah: Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. The victims were identified as Abdel Fattah Jabara and Ahmed Rajab, the…

Baghdad" The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that its forces had arrested some individuals responsible for attacking branches of American and UK companies in the country's capital, Baghdad. According to a ministry statement,…

Colombo: As India has completed its elections and results are out, foreign policy experts and academics have viewed the results as proof of India’s strong democracy while the re-election of Prime Minister Modi’s government is proof of…

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres congratulates the people of India for the "massive exercise of democracy", his Associate Spokesperson Florencia Soto Nino said on Tuesday. "We, of course, want to congratulate the…

Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that would immediately turn down requests for entry into the country by asylum-seekers crossing the southern border illegally, in the event that officials deem the border is…

United Nations: In Afghanistan, where the Taliban rules with an iron fist and human rights violations, is marked by a history of "lost opportunities", according to Under-Secretary-General Marting Griffiths. “I think we have lost we've…

Moscow: Russia has announced entry bans on several British politicians, journalists, and experts, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "In response to the hostile actions of the UK, it was decided to include a number of…

Washington: The US is watching growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with "great concern", a White House official has said, stressing ongoing efforts to ensure that America is "best-postured" to support South Korea. National Security…

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group has said they launched a ballistic missile attack on southern Israel's port city of Eilat, the group's Military Spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement. The missile forces of the Houthi group targeted on…

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that they have confirmed the deaths of another four Israeli hostages taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas on October 7, 2023, claiming the Gaza-ruling group is still holding their bodies.…